The ranking & selection rules for 07-08 have now been cinfirmet by the International Committee of British Fencing. For latest information check: the cadet information page at www.fencingcoach.net , www.fencingforum.com & the International Committee page on www.britishfencing.com
Selection Dates:
European Cadet Championships 14th
January 08
World Championships 19th
February 08
European Cadet
Championships are in
The nominated domestic competitions for the World
Championship selection are as follows:-
British Selection Circuit, September (
Junior National Championships (7th
October 07)
British Selection Circuit, November (
British Selection Circuit, December (
British Selection Circuit, February (Millfield) (13th January 08)
British Selection Circuit, April (Whitgift) (TBC)
The selection dates for the 5 nominated junior
A-grades are as follows:-
European Junior Championships (28 Oct 4 Nov 07) 1st August 07
Lignano-Sabbiadoro (8-9 Dec 07) 8th October 07
Dourdan (16-17 February 08) 27th
January 07
Selection for the 9 places in these events will be
made off the National ranking list so if you are in the top 20 make sure you have told Mike Stott
(preferably in writing {post or email}) that you want to go. His
address is:-
02380 841196 07834 914220
Junior
Information, Women's
The nominated domestic competitions for the World
Championship selection are as follows:-
British Selection Circuit, September (
Junior National Championships (7th
October 07)
British Selection Circuit, November (
British Selection Circuit, December (
British Selection Circuit, February (Millfield) (13th January 08)
British Selection Circuit, April (Whitgift) (TBC)
The selection dates for the 5 nominated junior
A-grades are as follows:-
European Junior Championships (28 Oct 4 Nov 07) 1st August 07
Lignano-Sabbiadoro (8-9 Dec 07) 8th October 07
Dourdan (16-17 February 08) 27th
January 07
Selection for the 9 places in these events will be made
off the National ranking list so if you are in the top 20 make sure you have told Mike Stott (preferably in writing {post or
email}) that you want to go. His address is:-
02380 841196 07834 914220
The nominated domestic competitions for the World
Championship selection are as follows:-
British Selection Circuit, September (
Manchester Cadet (29th
September 07)
Cadet National Championships (6th
October 07)
Junior National Championships (7th
October 07)
British Selection Circuit, November (
British Selection Circuit, December (
British Selection Circuit, February (Millfield) (13th January 08)
British Selection Circuit, April (Whitgift) (TBC)
There
will be 4 nominated cadet Internationals this season, they will be:
Gödöllő in
Selection
dates
Gödöllő (20th
October 07) 1st
August 07
Kenten (3rd
November 07) 1st
September 07
Monéteau U15 (13th
January 08) 1st
November 07 (top 30)
Cadet
Information, Women's
The nominated domestic competitions for the World
Championship selection are as follows:-
British Selection Circuit, September (
Manchester Cadet (29th
September 07)
Cadet National Championships (6th
October 07)
Junior National Championships (7th
October 07)
British Selection Circuit, November (
British Selection Circuit, December (
British Selection Circuit, February (Millfield) (13th January 08)
British Selection Circuit, April (Whitgift) (TBC)
There
will be 4 nominated cadet Internationals this season, they will be:
Gödöllő in
Selection
dates
Gödöllő (20th
October 07) 1st
August 07
Kenten (3rd
November 07) 1st
September 07
Monéteau U15 (13th
January 08) 1st
November 07 (top 30)
All dates above are generally the Saturday of the
weekend, events may be on Saturday,
Sunday, or both. You MUST check the competition
details.
British Fencing are responsible for publishing the rules & policies for the ranking & selection systems used to select fencers for World & European Championships. Information can be found at www.britishfencing.com.
There are some additional rules & interpretations used for sabre. Details below.
Please
note British Fencing have recently produced a new system for scoring all senior
events. Sabre will not use any additional interpretations for scoring senior
events for the season 07-08.
Junior & cadet competitions
The sabre
committee of
The events will
all be run using the same format: 1 round of pools, 20% eliminated then DE.
Sabre Points system
See below for exact details for junior & cadet. The junior
& cadet selection rankings are now a 12 month rolling ranking, points are
updated at the beginning of each month like the senior rankings. BSC events
will have a minimum NIF of 75. Fencers will not count any senior events towards
junior or cadet rankings.
Junior
(U20)
No changes to
the number of events fencers can count towards national rankings.
Fencers count
their best 7 scores: U20 national championships plus best 3 domestic events plus
best 3 international events.
Domestic points.
Fencers will only count BSC events towards domestic points.
International
points. Fencers will only count U20 competitions towards their international
points, i.e. 5 nominated World Cup events (A-grades), junior European
Championships, Junior World Championships.
All the BSC events & the U20
National Championships will have a minimum NIF of 75
There are no
changes to the way international events are scored, i.e. NIFs are top 100 of
World ranking as start of the season, points = NIF*10.
Selection for
International events
Selection
will be based on the junior rankings as at the published selection dates for
the 5 nominated junior World Cup events
Cadet
(U17)
Fencers will now
count their best 7 scores: U17 national championships plus best 3 domestic
events plus best 3 international events.
Domestic points.
Fencers will only count BSC events, U20 National Championships & the
International
points. Fencers will only count nominated U17 & U20 events towards their
international points, i.e. 4 nominated cadet events, 5 nominated World Cup
events (A-grades), junior European Championships, junior & cadet World
Championships.
No change to the
current points system but the BSC events, the U20 National Championships,
There are no
change to the way international events are scored, i.e. for junior events NIFs
are top 100 of World ranking as start of season points = NIF*10, cadet events
set at the event.
The
ranking used for selecting the World Championship team will use only the
nominated events. A list of these can be found in this info paper, on the
British Fencing web page & on the cadet information page on
www.fencingcoach.net.
Cadet General
Ranking list rules
This
season, 07-08, there will again be 2 ranking lists. The general ranking list
used for selecting fencers for international events & for seeding age group
competitions will use all domestic events & the nominated international
events. This season 07-08 it will include points from the U15 & younger
events in Kenten & Moneteau & age group championships from
Senior
domestic events are scored on the same scale as for senior rankings but there is
an additional multiplier of 3.
Cadets
will only count nominated cadet competitions & nominated World Cup events
(A-grades) for their International results. Cadet events have a NIF score set
by the weapon captain, Junior A-grades are scored off the junior World Cup as
above with an additional multiplier of 20.
The
U17 Championships (& all U17 events where there is no younger event) will
have a NIF score based on the adjusted top 50 of last season’s final U17
ranking (the adjustment being fencers who have gone out of the age group will
be removed from the count of the top 50.) The NIFs will be 6 & 3 & 1 as
for seniors. The minimum NIF for the British national championships & the
The
U20 Championships (& any other U20 competitions) will have a NIF score
based on the adjusted top 50 of last season’s final U20 ranking (the adjustment
being fencers who have gone out of the age group will be removed from the count
of the top 50.) The NIFs will be 6 & 3 & 1 as for seniors. There will
be an additional multiplier of 2. The minimum NIF for the BSC events will be
75.
Cadets
will also be able to count age group events such as British Youth Championships
& Leon Paul series events. The system for grading these events is outlined
below:-
British
Youth Championships & other competitions with an U18 event: The NIF scores
will be based on the adjusted top 50 of last season’s final U17 & U20 ranking (the adjustment being
fencers who have gone out of the age group will be removed from the count of
the top 50) & the final U17 ranking from the previous season. The NIFs will
be 6 & 3 & 1 as for seniors.
The
U18 event will use both U17 rankings & the U20 rankings as outlined above,
fencers will be given the higher NIF score if they appear on more than one
ranking list.
The
U16 & U14 events will use the U17 ranking only.
Age
group events in the 1st calendar year of the season: Each event
(U17, U15, U13, U11) will be counted & scored separately. These events will
have a NIF score based on the adjusted top 50 of last season’s final U17
ranking (the adjustment being fencers who have gone out of the age group will
be removed from the count of the top 50.) Fencers will also be counted as NIFs
on the final U17 ranking. If a fencer appears on both they will be given the
higher of the 2 NIF scores. The NIFs will be 6 & 3 & 1 as for seniors.
Leon
Paul series in the 2nd calendar year of the season: Each event (U17,
U15, U13, U11) will be counted & scored separately. These events will have
a NIF score based on the adjusted top 50 of last season’s final U17 ranking
(the adjustment being fencers who have gone out of the age group will be
removed from the count of the top 50.) The NIFs will be 6 & 3 & 1 as
for seniors.
For
all the systems described above the World Championships Selection rankings will
be used.
Selection for International events
For most cadet events the
invited fencers will be the top 25 on the on the general cadet ranking list or the World Championships selection
cadet ranking list as at the selection date for each event (Godollo will only
use the selection ranking). For Kenten the top 25 U14s & the top 15 U12s
the general ranking list will be selected. For Moneteau the top 30 U15s on the
general ranking list will be selected. Fencers must check www.fencingforum.com or the cadet page
on www.fencingcoach.net for the
invitation lists.